DAE COLLABORATES WITH DIFFERENT FUNDS AND PARTNERS TO STIMULATE NEW TALENTS THROUGH AWARDS AND GRANTS. THIS UPCOMING GRADUATION SHOW – OCTOBER 17-25th, 2015 – THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED.
KEEP AN EYE GRANTS
The Keep an Eye Grant is an incentive of € 11,000 which was created specifically for DAE students to ensure that projects made by these talented young graduates do not run aground for financial reasons. Every year, a panel of judges decides which four graduates will receive a Keep an Eye Grant. The prestigious Keep an Eye Grant is funded by the Keep an Eye Foundation, www.keepaneye.nl.
Among all our graduates, 20 projects are nominated for 4 Keep An Eye Grants. We would like to congradulate these students with the nomination!
Nominated for the Keep an Eye Grant 2015
Bachelors:
David Roman Lieshout - The Corridor Bicycle
Desiree van der Gracht - A Future Home & A Domain of the Senses
Shay Raviv - HÔTEL TRAVAIL
Simone Post - Vlisco Recycled
Ricky Kloosterman - EMBRACE
Jeroen van de Gruiter - The Passage of Light
Vera de Pont - Pop-Up & Floaters of the Waterplanet
Olivier van Herpt - Functional 3D Printed Ceramics
Jason Page - DPBLSHD / RPLBLSHD
Manon van Hoeckel - In Limbo Embassy
Bastiaan de Nennie - The Digital Virtuosity
Jos Klarenbeek - Cowtarium
Archibald Godts - Man’s Best Friend
Masters:
Eva Jäger & Guillemette Legrand - The Era of Khaki
Allison Crank - The Reality Theatre: Shopping in the Ludic Century
Hannah Hiecke - The Wandering Hole – a Wanderatlas of the in-between
Vincent Thornhill - The HD Self – Hyper-Definition
Jessica Smarsch - Constructing Connectivity – Designing with Body Movement
Fiona du Mesnildot - Domestic Theatre – Another Dollhouse (not by Ibsen)
Each week, DAE will publish the nominated works of the students, accompanied by photos and context.
The DAE also recognizes talent through the departments. The Gijs Bakker Award, Rene Smeets Award and Milky Way Award are handed to the graduates who show most promise – either from a professional point of view, through showing great individuality or by combining research, insight and creative design.
GIJS BAKKER AWARD (MASTERS)
As of this year the honour will be awarded annually to the most outstanding master student graduating at Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE). It complements the long-established René Smeets Award for the best bachelor student project.
Each of the three master departments – Contextual Design, Social Design and Information Design – nominates two candidates. An expert jury then selects the winner who will receive a prize certificate and 2.000 euros. The jury selects the student whose thesis research and design project demonstrate outstanding skill and imagination, tenacity and originality, personality and relevance to the profession and the outside world. These criteria reflect the foundations of the DAE master programme that was initiated by designer Gijs Bakker.
Nominated for the Gijs Bakker Award 2015
Contextual Design:
Eva Jäger & Guillemette Legrand - The Era of Khaki
Allison Crank - The Reality Theatre: Shopping in the Ludic Century
Social Design:
Hannah Hiecke - The Wandering Hole – a Wanderatlas of the in-between
Vincent Thornhill - The HD Self – Hyper-Definition
Information Design
Jessica Smarsch - Constructing Connectivity – Designing with Body Movement
Fiona du Mesnildot - Domestic Theatre – Another Dollhouse (not by Ibsen)
MELKWEG PRIZE (BACHELORS)
The Melkweg Prize is awarded to honour truly unique talent. The winning graduation project is highly original and full of potential. The winner of the Melkweg Prize receives a sum of € 2,000 (and eternal glory). In addition to the prize money, the winner receives support from Syntens to develop a business plan.
Nominated for the Melkweg Award 2015
Vera de Pont - Pop-Up & Floaters of the Waterplanet
Olivier van Herpt - Functional 3D Printed Ceramics
Jason Page - DPBLSHD / RPLBLSHD
Manon van Hoeckel - In Limbo Embassy
Bastiaan de Nennie - The Digital Virtuosity
Jos Klarenbeek - Veenhuizen’s Cowtarium
Archibald Godts - Man’s Best Friend
RENÉ SMEETS AWARD (BACHELORS)
The René Smeets Award is awarded to the student who attains a high degree of professionalism both in the development of the design process and the end result of the graduation project. The student has worked together with manufacturers and the product is potentially feasible. The winner of the René Smeets Award receives a sum of € 2,000 (and eternal glory). In addition to the prize money, the winner receives support from Syntens to develop a business plan.
Nominated for the René Smeets Award 2015
David Roman Lieshout - The Corridor Bicycle
Desiree van der Gracht - A Future Home & A Domain of the Senses
Shay Raviv - HÔTEL TRAVAIL
Simone Post - Vlisco Recycled
Ricky Kloosterman - EMBRACE
Jeroen van de Gruiter - The Passage of Light
Vera de Pont - Pop-Up & Floaters of the Waterplanet